Reuniting Old Friends

Author: This is a Yaoi-fest. Again for Trista. May have to bump the rating up a bit. 3x4 & VxAxR Yaoi. No like Yaoi, no read. I own absolutely nothing. 2xV later promise. If u wanna see the vid that got this started, go to & search Valon's Far Away uploaded by TristaDin. It was a suggestion I made & got her hooked on, so this is my way to repay her for the vid gift.

Seeing the Sanc Kingdom, as it turned out, was the last thing on Valon, Raph and Allister's minds after they ate. They had flirted shamelessly earlier and found that they felt more like spending time together in private than going out. Valon cuddled up next to Raph, who was slightly preoccupied by Allister. The red head had both his hands tangled in the blonde's hair and his tongue in his mouth. One of Raph's hands was in the other man's hair and the other was sliding over his abdomen. Valon turned his head to watch as Allister went to pull the blonde's shirt off, when a knock came on the door. He got up & opened it, contemplating violence. "Maid service, do you need towels?"

"I don't care, but tell her she killed my..." Raph began but was cut off by Valon's hand on his mouth.

"I'll go check." he called. He got up. "Yeah!" he called a minute later. Rapheal glared at him as his breathing slowed back down. Allister took the towels, shut and locked the door.

"I don't think the maid would have cared Raph." he said, tossing them onto the counter.

"You weren't even getting anything out of it." he grumbled.

"Blame him." he said, motioning to the no longer drowsy Valon.

"Me!" he shouted.

"You go several rounds with one of us, start up with the other & see how well you manage." he told him.

"Shut up or you'll be sleeping alone and you'll be sleeping in the tub." Raph said.

"I can't fit in the tub." the red head said.

"Exactly. Now get your helmets and let's go find the palace." he told them.

"So this the place." Duo said as he stepped out of the limo.

"Yes, the ruins of the Peacecraft Palace." Relena told him.

"It doesn't look like ruins." Trowa muttered.

"Not on the outside. But it's burned beyond recognition is some places inside." she corrected.

"I see." he said. The three of them plus Heero and Quatre went up the old stairs and waundered the overgrown garden.

"Millardo told me that when we were very young our parents would picnic with us out here." she said. Then three deafening roars cut through the air.

"What's that?" Quatre asked.

The noise quieted and then a voice shouted, "Crikey! This place is huge!"

"Valon, keep your voice down." another snapped. They walked out to see who was arguing.

"Who are you and why have you come here?" Relena demanded. Trowa's eyes flickered across all three of them.

"It's the last Peacecraft princess." the red head whispered.

"We're vacationing here and wanted to see the palace. We didn't know it was private property." the blonde told her.

"Who are you?" she asked. They introduced themselves. The four young men and the woman did the same.

"Valon?" Duo asked.

Valon's head jerked towards the brunette who said his name was Duo. He stared into his cobalt eyes, at his chestnut hair, fitting it all together. Then all the pieces clicked, this was the kid he had known years ago. "Crikey." he whispered. Duo left his friends and took the stairs two a time. A moment or two they were rolling on the grass, just like they had as little kids. Rapheal stared at them and then looked at Allister who was as clueless as him. "So they call ye Duo now?" Valon asked.

"Duo Maxwell." he said.

"Where'd ye come up with that?" he muttered.

"Long story, I'll tell ya later." he promised softly. Then he reached up to pull the aussie's goggles off.

"Leave 'em alone." he said, pulling away.

"Where...?" he began.

"Same as you." Valon told him.

"I take it you two are old friends." Allister said.

"Come on and meet me boyfriends." he whispered to Duo.

"You're with those two?" he asked softly. He nodded and got up. Duo unwillingly followed.

"Come on mate, they don't bite. At least not hard." he said.

A couple of hours later, they were sitting a tame portion of the garden. Valon and Duo were in the branches of the tree above them. For the most part they talked about their current lives: Duo about his life with the Sweepers and Valon about his working as a mechanic with Raph and Allister. They avoided their childhoods, apart and together, along with the happenings of several years ago. The gundams were still a kept secret as did Dartz. "Valon!" Allister called, looking at his watch.

"Yeah mate?" he asked, his head appearing through the leaves.

"Come on, we need to get back and check into the hotel." he said as he got up.

"Can't just one of us go and do that?" he whined.

"The woman in the front office saw all three of us earlier and she needs to see us all again." Rapheal told him.

"Alright." he muttered. There were whispers in the tree branches and then he dropped to the grass. Duo stuck his head through the leaves to watch him leave.

"Bye V." he breathed. Part of him almost felt like his heart was shattering. He looked down at Quatre, who was watching him from where his head rested in Trowa's lap. The blonde read his feelings and his question in his eyes and nodded. "So this is what love feels like. It hurts like hell." he thought.

Author: Aww! I can't promise when I'll have 2xV in, maybe next chapter. I have to figure out how to fit that in, but it will be there. R&R, no flames.

P.S.: Raph's first line comes from a funny thing that happened to me when a friend went to Chicago to stay with her boyfriend. One night when I called the phone got answered, I was put on hold & then she picked back up. Well after we were talking for a minute, her boyfriend yells: "Tell your friend she killed my orgasim!" I found it hillarious because I had thought her boyfriend was a very quiet guy who didn't say stuff like that. And personally I figured Raph never would either. LOL.